Thursday, July 3, 2014

Iceland - Eyjafjallajokull, with Lightning!

Eyjafjallajokull, 2010.
Oskugos hofsst i joklinum 14, april i beinu framhaldi af gosi a Fimmvorouhalsi sem hofst 20, mars.

Volcanic Eruption in Glacier Eylafjallajokull.  Spring 2010, just after the Eruption on Fimmvorduhals.
N63 degrees 38' V19 degrees 37'

Photo: Ragnar Th. Sigurosson / artic-images

This amazing postcard is postmarked in 2010 from Iceland.

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I like to post interesting things about the postcards, and I searched high and low for the reason for the lighting in this eruption.  Yes, there are a lot of articles, but here is a link to one that explains it in a way a 'non-scientist' can understand.  (In other words, people like me  :)

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